Garment hanger



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GARMENT HANGER Filed ot. 1, 1945 INVENTOFKS CARL. S.BJOF\KLUND EDGARCBJORKLUND EDSEL T.BJOP\KLUND `ATT RNEYS Patented Dec. 10, 1946 GARMENT HANGER 'Carl s. Bjorklund, dgar o. Bjorklund, and Easel .T. Bjorklund, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application October 1, 1945, Serial No. 619,482

1 Claim. (Cl. 22d-91) 1 Our invention refers to garment hangersand it has for its primary object to provide a coinbination hanger wherein, for example, coats,

trousers and skirts may be conveniently suspended therefrom. Thus the garments, being suspended from a single unit, will materially economize in closet space, bearing in mind that under usual conditions a coat and vest require a hanger and the trousers require a second hanger, Furthermore, a single unit is particularly useful for cleaners or tailors in delivering garment articles.

The specific object of our invention is to provide a garment hanger comprisingessentially a'yoke having a backing piece extending thereacross with a pair of spring clips attached to the backing piece, whereby the legs of trousers may be quickly slipped into the clips for suspending the same under the coat in a compact unit.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularlyV dened by the appended claim, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing is illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of the present invention constructed according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a garment hanger embodying the features of our invention.

Figure 2 is a plan sectional view of the same, the section being indicated by line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a similar sectional view showing the legs of trousers gripped therein, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary cross section of the hanger, the section being indicated byline 4-4 of Figure 1, the same being illustrated as having trousers legs gripped therein.

Referring by characters to the drawing, IY indicates a yoke formed from a single piece "of vwire having a bottom connecting strip Z'fandfa'isuspension hook 3, all of the same beingstandard and form no part of the invention.

double spring wires are folded against the backing strip to form spring clamps 5 5. The clamps terminate at their ends with gripping loops 6-6, which gripping loops are spaced apart t0 kform a throat for the reception of a garment such as trouser legs, or the like.

The backing piece 4 and spring clamps 5 may be secured together by solder or welding patches 4-4", the latter serving to secure the ends of the loops 6.

As best indicated in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawing, when it is desired to insert the legs of a pair of trousers into the hanger, one of the spring clips is pulled outwardly to form a throat, whereby one edge of the trouser legs is inserted between the clamp and backing piece 4. The opposite gripping clamp is then pulled out, under spring tension, whereby the other creased edge of the trouser legs, as indicated at A, is inserted into the throat. Thus said trousers are firmly held in position, as indicated in Figures 3 and i, it being understood that due to the spring clamps, the trousers are securely held in suspension irrespective of the fact that they may or may not have cuffs at their bottom edges.

Under usual conditions the coat or coat and vest are then inserted over the yoke and, should it be desired, another garment may be hung over the strip 2.

Obviously, in some instances, we may dispense with the connecting strip 2, and while we have shown the yoke and backing piece 5 fabricated from wire, these parts may be formed from a single nat backing of wood, paper ber, or other material, in which instance the spring clamps would be secured thereto.

It is also within the scope of our invention, in some instances, to provide a long single spring clamp as a substitute for the two clamps shown in this exempliflcation of our invention.

We claim:

In a garment hanger provided with downwardly inclined wires, connected by a cross strip, the inclined wires being offset above the cross strip to form vertically disposed seats, a trouser support for the hanger comprising a double wired backing piece looped about the yoke offsets and A-folded upon itself to form spring clamps asso- The downwardly inclined yoke wires I-l are provided with vertically positioned offsets I for the reception of a double wire backing piece 4, which backing piece is looped about the yoke offsets I to eii'ect a joint. From this joint the ciated with a back, the clamp ends terminating with gripper loops spaced apart to form a :garment receiving mouth.

CARL S. BJORKLUND. EDGAR C. BJORKLUND. EDSEL T. BJORKLUND. 

